AHA Council, Divisions, and Committees for 2025

Council

Ben Vinson III (Howard Univ.), AHA president-elect; Suzanne Marchand (Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge), AHA past president; Thavolia Glymph (Duke Univ.), AHA past president; Anne Hyde (Univ. of Oklahoma), vice president, Professional Division; William G. Thomas (Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln), vice president, Research Division; Serena Zabin (Carleton Coll.), vice president, Teaching Division; Tony A. Frazier (North Carolina Central Univ.), council member, Professional Division; Jennifer McNabb (Univ. of Northern Iowa), council member, Professional Division; Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan (Rutgers Univ.), council member, Professional Division; Cemil Aydin (Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), council member, Research Division; Erin Greenwald, council member, Research Division; Jana K. Lipman (Tulane Univ.), council member, Research Division; Jennifer H. Baniewicz (Amos Alonzo Stagg High School), council member, Teaching Division; Edward Cohn (Grinnell Coll.), council member, Teaching Division; Charles A. Zappia (San Diego Mesa Coll.), council member, Teaching Division; Pragya Kaul (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor), council member, at large; William F. Wechsler (Atlantic Council), AHA treasurer; James R. Grossman (American Historical Association), executive director; Mark Philip Bradley (Univ. of Chicago), AHR editor; Kenneth F. Ledford (Case Western Reserve Univ.), AHA parliamentarian

Professional Division

Anne Hyde, vice president; Tony A. Frazier; Jennifer McNabb; Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan

Research Division

William G. Thomas, vice president; Cemil Aydin; Erin Greenwald; Jana K. Lipman

Teaching Division

Serena Zabin, vice president; Jennifer Baniewicz; Edward Cohn; Charles A. Zappia

Nominating Committee

Bianca Murillo (California State Univ., Dominguez Hills), chair; Carlos K. Blanton (Univ. of Texas, Austin); Hilary Green (Davidson Coll.); Hiromi Mizuno (Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities); Amanda B. Moniz (Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History); Dana Rabin (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign); Matthew B. Restall (Penn State Univ.); Kaya Sahin (Indiana Univ.); Anthony J. Steinhoff (Univ. du Quebec, Montreal)

Committee on Committees

Suzanne Marchand, chair; Julio C. Capó (Florida International Univ.); Carol Harrison (Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia); Rashauna R. Johnson (Univ. of Chicago), through July; Linh Vu (Arizona State Univ.)

Permanent and Standing Committees

Committee on Affiliated Societies: Celso T. Castilho (Vanderbilt Univ.); Julie M. Greene (Univ. of Maryland, Coll. Park); Sharon Murphy (Providence Coll.); Suzanne Marchand

Committee on Gender Equity: Amanda Allen (High Point Univ.); Sarah G. Ross (Boston Coll.); J. T. Roane (Rutgers Univ., Piscataway); Samantha Rosenthal (Roanoke Coll.); Lisa Tetrault (Carnegie Mellon Univ.)

Committee on International Historical Activities: Solsiree Del Moral (Amherst Coll.); Khaled Esseissah (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison); Anna Yu. Krylova (Duke Univ.); Mateo Mohammad Farzaneh (Northeastern Illinois Univ.); Priyanka Srivastava (Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst)

Committee on LGBTQ Status in the Profession: Christina J. Carney (Univ. of Missouri, Columbia); Kris Klein Hernandez (Connecticut Coll.); Jen Manion (Amherst Coll.); Nathan E. Marvin (Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock); Charles J. Shindo (Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge)

Committee on Racial and Ethnic Equity: Elise Boxer (Univ. of South Dakota); Antwain K. Hunter (Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill); Cherisse Jones-Branch (Arkansas State Univ.); Suzy Kim (Rutgers Univ.); Edward A. Polanco (Virginia Tech)

Council Committee on the Annual Meeting: Edward W. Muir, chair; Edward Cohn; Erin Greenwald; Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan

Finance Committee: Ben Vinson, chair; Thavolia Glymph; Erin Greenwald; Suzanne Marchand; Noel Salinger; William F. Wechsler

Graduate and Early Career Committee: Angela Albanese (Florida International Univ.); Kyra Dezjot (Fordham Univ.); Vanessa Madrigal-Lauchland (Univ. of California, Davis); Robert Powers (Twin Springs High School); Pragya Kaul, Council rep.

Investment Committee: Keith Hocter (Bellwether Consulting), chair; Suzanne Marchand; Ben Vinson; William F. Wechsler

2026 Program Committee: Geraldo Lujan Cadava (Northwestern Univ.), chair; Katharina Matro (Walter Johnson High School), co-chair; Carrie E. Beneš (New Coll., Fla.); Tabetha Ewing (Bard Coll.); Aston Gonzalez (Salisbury Univ.); Toshihiro Higuchi (Georgetown Univ.); Crystal M. Moten (Obama Presidential Center Museum); M. Raisur Rahman (Wake Forest Univ.); Stacey L. Randall (Waubonsee Comm. Coll.); Yamali Rodriguez-Gruger (Chicago Public Schools); Brett Rushforth (Huntington Library and Gardens); Pablo M. Sierra Silva (Univ. of Rochester); Marlous van Waijenburg (Harvard Business School

2027 Program Committee: Alexander Mikaberidze (Louisiana State Univ., Shreveport), chair; Melissa Stuckey (Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia), co-chair

2026 Local Arrangements Committee: Mimi Cowan (Field Museum of Natural History), co-chair; Amy G. Powers (Waubonsee Comm. Coll.), co-chair

Awards Committees

 

Awards for Publications

Committee on the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize: Padraic J. Kenney (Indiana Univ.), chair; John Christopoulos (Univ. of British Columbia); Kathleen M. Crowther (Univ. of Oklahoma); Steve Harp (Univ. of Akron); Mar Hicks (Univ. of Virginia)

Committee on the AHA Prize in American History: Jacqueline Whitt (United States Dept. of State), chair; Geraldo Cadava (Northwestern Univ.); Emily Conroy-Krutz (Michigan State Univ.); Jay Cook (Univ. of Michigan); Kellie Carter Jackson (Wellesley Coll.)

Committee on the AHA Prize in European International History: Giuliana R. Chamedes (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison), chair; Laura Beers (American Univ.); Will Gray (Purdue Univ.); Peter Holquist (Univ. of Pennsylvania); Philipp J. Stelzel (Duquesne Univ.)

Committee on the AHA Prize in History prior to CE 1000: Marina Rustow (Princeton Univ.), chair; John Donahue (Coll. of William and Mary); Ruth Mostern (Univ. of Pittsburgh)

Committee on the Jerry Bentley Prize: Ananya Chakravarti (Georgetown Univ.), chair; Holger Droessler (Worcester Polytechnic Institute); Adam Ewing (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.); Benjamin Goossen (Boston Univ.); Hyunhee Park (John Jay Coll., CUNY)

Committee on the Beveridge Family Prize in American History: Marjoleine Kars (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology), chair; Seth Garfield (Univ. of Texas, Austin); Alex Lichtenstein (Indiana Univ.); Robert B. Townsend (American Academy of Arts and Sciences); Jeremy Zallen (Lafayette Coll.)

Committee on the Raymond J. Cunningham Prize: Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe (Northwestern Univ.), chair; Jake Blosser (Texas Women’s Univ.); Garrett L. Washington (Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst)

Committee on the Patricia Buckley Ebrey Prize: He Bian (Princeton Univ.), chair; Ethan I. Segal (Michigan State Univ.); Sixiang Wang (UCLA)

Committee on the John K. Fairbank Prize: Helen Hardacre (Harvard Univ.), chair; Janet Chen (Princeton Univ.); Evan Dawley (Goucher Coll.); Emer Sinead O’Dwyer (Oberlin Coll.); Eric Schluessel (George Washington Univ.)

Committee on the Morris D. Forkosch Prize: Jill Bender (Univ. of North Carolina, Greensboro); Christopher L. Brown (Columbia Univ.); Toby Harper (Arizona State Univ.); Katie A. Hindmarch-Watson (Johns Hopkins Univ.); Paul R. Ocobock (Univ. of Notre Dame)

Committee on the Leo Gershoy Award: Simon P. Newman (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison), chair; Daniela Bleichmar (Univ. of Southern California); Andre Wakefield (Pitzer Coll.)

Committee on the William and Edwyna Gilbert Prize: Leah Shopkow (Indiana Univ.), chair; Felipe F. Cruz (Tulane Univ.); Laura Westhoff (Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis)

Committee on the J. Franklin Jameson Award: Christopher Hodson (Brigham Young Univ.), chair; Esther Katz (NYU); Laura Mason (Johns Hopkins Univ.); Karen Racine (Univ. of Guelph); Kevin Terraciano (UCLA)

Committee on the Friedrich Katz Prize: Carmen R. Coury (Southern Connecticut State Univ.), chair; Pablo F. Gómez (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison); Andrew Konove (Univ. of Texas, San Antonio); Heather Flynn Roller (Colgate Univ.); Cristina Soriano (Univ. of Texas, Austin)

Committee on the Joan Kelly Memorial Prize: Allyson M. Poska (Univ. of Mary Washington), AHA rep., chair; Nimisha Barton (Long Beach City Coll.), CCWH rep.; Rachel Jean-Baptiste (Stanford Univ.), CCWH rep.; Jessica Johnson (Johns Hopkins Univ.), AHA rep.; Erin E. O’Connor (Bridgewater State Univ.), AHA rep.

Committee on the Martin A. Klein Prize: Priya Lal (Boston Coll.), chair; Akin O. Ogundiran (Northwestern Univ.); Naaborko Sackeyfio-Lenoch (Dartmouth Coll.)

Committee on the Littleton-Griswold Prize: David S. Tanenhaus (Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas), chair; Sara Damiano (Texas State Univ.); Nate Holdren (Drake Univ.); Sarah E. Igo (Vanderbilt Univ.); Gautham Rao (American Univ.)

Committee on the J. Russell Major Prize: Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall (California State Univ., San Marcos), chair; Michael Behrent (Appalachian State Univ.) Emily Marker (Rutgers Univ., Camden);

Committee on the Helen & Howard R. Marraro Prize: Roy Domenico (Univ. of Scranton), ACHA rep., chair; Brian J. Maxson (East Tennessee State Univ.), SIHS rep.; Molly Tambor (Long Island Univ.), AHA rep.

Committee on the George L. Mosse Prize: Elizabeth A. Bond (Ohio State Univ., Columbus), chair; William J. Connell (Seton Hall Univ.); Stefan J. Link (Dartmouth Coll.); Scott O. Moore (Eastern Connecticut State Univ.); Corinna Treitel (Washington Univ., St. Louis)

Committee on the John E. O’Connor Film Award: Liana Vardi (Univ. at Buffalo, State Univ. of New York), chair; Jason W. Herbert (Historians At The Movies); David K. Johnson (Univ. of South Florida)

Committee on the Eugenia M. Palmegiano Prize: David Greenberg (Rutgers Univ.), chair; Kathy Forde (Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst); Michael R. Stamm (Michigan State Univ.)

Committee on the James Rawley Prize: Adriana Chira (Emory Univ.); Kym Y. Morrison (San Francisco State Univ.); Fabricio Prado (Coll. of William and Mary); Randy J. Sparks (Tulane Univ.); Owen C. Stanwood (Boston Coll.)

Committee on the John F. Richards Prize: Sana Haroon (Univ. of Massachusetts, Boston), chair; Sunil Amrith (Yale Univ.); Mou Banerjee (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison); Robert D. Crews (Stanford Univ.); Shahla Hussain (St. John’s Univ., NY)

Committee on the Dorothy Rosenberg Prize: Tatjana Lichtenstein (Univ. of Texas, Austin), chair; Allan Amanik (Brooklyn Coll., CUNY); Rachel Kranson (Univ. of Pittsburgh)

Committee on the Roy Rosenzweig Prize: Lincoln Mullen (George Mason Univ.), GMU rep., chair; Tom Chandler (Monash Univ.), AHA rep.; Jennifer M. Guglielmo (Smith Coll.), AHA rep.; Kristen Mapes (Michigan State Univ.), GMU rep.; Michael H. O’Malley (George Mason Univ.), GMU rep.

Committee on the Sinclair Prize: Carin Berkowitz (New Jersey Council for the Humanities), chair; Joanne Freeman (Yale Univ.); David J. Trowbridge (Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City)

Committee on the Wesley-Logan Prize: Pablo M. Sierra Silva (Univ. of Rochester), AHA rep., chair; Yesenia Barragan (Rutgers Univ.), AHA rep.; LaShawn D. Harris (Michigan State Univ.), ASALH rep.; Karsonya Wise Whitehead (Loyola Univ., Md.), ASALH rep.; Caree Banton (Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville), AHA rep.

Awards for Scholarly and Professional Distinction

Committee on Honorary Foreign Member and Awards for Scholarly Distinction: Thavolia Glymph; Suzanne Marchand; Ben Vinson

Committee on the Lepage Center Award: Laura E. Hein (Northwestern Univ.), chair; Katherine Landdeck (Texas Woman’s Univ.); Michael T. M. McCoyer (US Dept. of State)

Committee on the John Lewis Award for History and Social Justice: Laura McEnaney (Newberry Library), chair; Peniel E. Joseph (Univ. of Texas, Austin); Adam Rothman (Georgetown Univ.)

Committee on the John Lewis Award for Public Service to the Discipline of History: James R. Grossman; Ben Vinson

Committee on the Nancy L. Roelker Mentorship Award: Sharron Wilkins Conrad (Tarrant County Coll.), chair; Melissa K. Byrnes (Southwestern Univ.); Benjamin Carp (Graduate Center, CUNY); Jamie A. Rinaldi (Newton South High School); Barbara Young Welke (Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities)

Committee on Teaching Prizes: Eileen S. Luhr (California State Univ., Long Beach), SHE rep., chair; Bob Bain (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor), AHA rep.; Ángeles Picone (Boston Coll.), AHA rep.

Grant and Fellowship Committees

Committee on Beveridge Research Grants: Jared R. Hardesty (Western Washington Univ.), chair; Beau D. J. Gaitors (Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville); Julia Irwin (Louisiana State Univ.)

Committee on Kraus Research Grants: Patrick Griffin (Univ. of Notre Dame), chair; Matthew Kruer (Univ. of Chicago); Ashli White (Univ. of Miami)

Committee on Littleton-Griswold Research Grants: Lina Maria Murillo (Univ. of Iowa), chair; Alison LaCroix (Univ. of Chicago Law School); Kenneth Mack (Harvard Law School)

Committee on Bernadotte E. Schmitt Research Grants: Timothy Yang (Univ. of Georgia), chair; Henryatta Ballah (Washington and Lee Univ.); Victoria Thompson (Georgia Tech)

Ad Hoc Committees

Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence in History Education: Jennifer High Baniewicz (Amos Alonzo Stagg High School); Doron Ben Atar (Fordham Univ., Lincoln Center); Theresa A. Case (Univ. of Houston, Downtown); Adam Clulow (Univ. of Texas, Austin); Sonia Hernández (Texas A&M Univ., Coll. Station); Kelly Schrum (George Mason Univ.); Tamara L. Shreiner (Grand Valley State Univ.); Lee Vinsel (Virginia Tech)

Digital History Working Group: Kalani Craig (Indiana Univ.), co-chair; Jeffrey W. McClurken (Univ. of Mary Washington), co-chair; Gillian Macdonald (Michigan State Univ.)

NARA Review Committee: Richard H. Immerman (Temple Univ.), chair; Matthew J. Connelly (Columbia Univ.); Trudy H. Peterson; Christopher J. Prom (Univ. of Illinois Library); Leslie S. Rowland (Univ. of Maryland, Coll. Park); Leland J. White (National Coalition for History)

Working Group on K–12 Education: Jennifer Baniewicz (Amos Alonzo Stagg High School); Shane Carter (ORIAS, Univ. of California, Berkeley); Daniel Gutierrez (Harvard-Westlake School); Kathleen Hilliard (Iowa State Univ.); Katharina Matro (Walter Johnson High School); Craig Perrier (Fairfax County Public Schools); Brenda Santos (Annenberg Institute, Brown Univ.

Working Group on Small Liberal Arts Colleges: Edward Cohn (Grinnell Coll.), co-chair; Jessica Pearson (Macalester Coll.), co-chair; Ernesto Capello (Macalester Coll.); Jordana Dym (Skidmore Coll.); Melissa K. Byrnes (Southwestern Univ.)

Delegates

Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation: Timothy J. Naftali (New York Univ.)

American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Science and Human Rights Coalition: James Grossman

American Council of Learned Societies: Carlos Alberto Contreras (Grossmont Coll.)

Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies: Krista Goff (Univ. of Miami)

CIA Historical Review Board: Beverly Gage (Yale Univ.)

Friends of the German Historical Institute: Tiffany N. Florvil (Univ. of New Mexico)

National Advisory Board of The History Teacher: Katharina Matro (Walter Johnson High School)

National Historical Publications and Records Commission: Kim T. Gallon (Purdue Univ.)

Eugen Weber Book Prize in French History: Daniel J. Sherman (Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)